St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-06
He WEDS HIS OLD LOVE
Secretary of the Interior Lucius Quintus
Ourtius Lamar Was Married at
Macon, Ga, Yesterday,
His Bride Being the Handsome Widow Of
Gen. William s. Holt, Millionaire
Southerner.
She Rejected Him in Early Life Bee
cause His Il air and Name
Were Long.
Time, However, Has Reconciled Her
to the Situatfon--The Wedding
Journey.
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Special to the Globe.
MACON, Ca, Jan. 5.-The secretary Of
the interior, Hon. L. Q. c. Lamar, and
| Mrs. Henrietta Dean Holt, widow of the
| late Gen. William S. Holt. were married at
| 10 o'clock this morning. The marriage oc-
cnrred at the handsome residence of the
bride on Orange street. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. DR.. William Park, of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
| This gentleman, by the way, is the leader
of what is known in Georgia as "the holi-
ness movement" Those present at the
marriage We're Mr.. and Mrs. w. 81. Virgin
and children, Capt. and Mrs. r. E. Park
and children, Col. and Mrs W. H. Ross.
| Col. and Mrs j. E. Jones Col. and Mrs.
H. j. Lamar and daughter. and DR.. and
| Mrs. r. Nj. Patterson. The secretary en-
tered the grand parlor where the marriage
took place, accompanied by Col. Ross.
Mrs. Holt entered with her son-in-law,
Capt. Park. The secretary was dressed in
| black broad cloth. He wore white rose
on his coat lapel.
| MRS. HOLT
wore costume of gray silk, her ornaments
| being the magnificent diamonds given her
| by Gen. Holt. DR.. Park performed the
ceremony in exactly two minutes. Imme-
diately after the secretary and his wife had
received the congratulations of those who
witnessed the marriage, the party partook
| of wedding breakfast. The remainder of
the day was spent quietly at the brides
residence. This afternoon the secretary
and his wife left at 5 O'Clock for Atlanta,
where they will be the guests of Gov. and
Mrs. John B. Gordon at the executive man
sion. Tomorrow morning they will leave
for brief visit to Oxford, Miss. and thence
will go to Washington. 1t is said that the
date of the marriage was not finally fixed
until last night The secretary says that
the newspaper reports fastened the event.
| for which he is much obliged. A great deal
of secrecy has been maintained all along,
both by the secretary and his wife.
ARRIVED AT ATLANTA.
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ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 5.-Hon. l.. Q. G..
Lamar. secretary of the interior, and wife
| arrived in this city tonight at o'clock.
They will be the guests of Gov. and Mrs.
Gordon until morning. The secretary
wished to avoid all publicity. but his pres
ence became known and number of lead
| ing citizens called at the executive mansion
| to pay their respects. The secretary and
| his wife will leave in the morning for q
visit to Oxford, Miss.
A ROMANCE OF LONG AGO.
The story told about the secretary and Mrs.
| Holt is an interesting one. He was born near
Eatonton, in Putnam county. She was born
| in Bibb county, about twelve miles from Ma
| con. He was handsome, manly yOung fell
| low when he first met Mrs. Holt, and she was
the belle of Georgia. He was infatuated with
| her charms. She heard him deliver an elo-
quent speech in a debating society while she
was visiting friends in Eatonton and fell in
| love with his intellect. They were introduced
to each other by the late w. Fl. Sparks, q
| promnentln2an of this state. Their acquaint-
ance soon ripened into love and they became
! engaged. Tradition has it that they would
| have been ma rried within six months after
| their engagement had it not been for the in
reference of a young railroad clerk named
| Holt. Young Hots parents lived near the
| parents of the secretarys lady love. On
| visit nome young Holt met her at Sunday
| school picnic. He was at the time a clerk in
| the Office of the Southwestern railroad. He
instantly succumbed to her charms, and at
! the first opportunity made love to her. She
repulsed him, informing him that she was en-
gagged to another. "Who is the man?' asked
young Holt. ''Mr. L.. Q. G. Lamar, of
! the county of Putnam" she replied, in the
| precise and formal language of the time,
| what" exclaimed young Holt, who had met
| Mr.. Lamar while visiting his couin, Col.
| Pulaski Holt, of Eatonton, ''are you en-
| gagged to that black-faced, long-haired Lamar?
| am shocked at your taste" The lady was
| offended, but the persistent gallantry of
| young Holt eventually won her over. She
| accepted the most devoted attention from
him, and, as subsequent events proved.
! learned to love him. Mr.. Lamar was in
| formed of young Hot's atten ions to his
| sweetheart, and he became very angry. He
wrote her bitter letter, suggesting that it
| would be we'll for her to marry the pert rail-
1 road clerk.
HER PRIDE WAS WOUNDED,
and she replied that she would rather marry
a railroad clerk than to mate with a man
| whose hair was as long as woman's. The
| result was the breaking of the engagement.
About year after young Holt married the
lady and took her to his humble apartments
| in this city. AS years passed he was pro-
NOTED, finally being elected president of the
| Southwestern railroad and also of it's bank.
| He made money rapidly and invested it care
| fully. At the beginning of the war he was
worth nearly S1,OoOOO0. When the war
| closed he still had large property. He
| Joined Senator Joseph E. Brown in leasing the
| Western & Atlantic railroad. line built and
| still owned by the state. This venture proved
wonderfully remunerative. 1t enriched him
| as all the other iessees. Mr.. Holt served
| in the state militia during the war and
was commissioned general by Senator
| Brown, who was at that time governor. Three
| children were born to him and his wife-two
| daughters and son, the latter dying about
| 1878. The older daughter married w. H.
| Virgin, q wealthy patent medicine proprietor
! of this city, and the other married Capt. r.
E. Park, well-known land owner and
capitalist, also of this city. Gen. Holt died
very suddenly few years ago while on a
visit to Saratoga. Although in middle life
| when left widow, Mrs. Holt was still beau
| tiful woman. About year ago, while visit
| ing Washington, she met the secretary Of the
| interior. who had not long before lost his
wife. The old acquaintance was renewed:
not only this, but the love each had felt for
the other in youth was also renewed. Last
summer the secretary came to Macon and
asked Mrs. Holt to marry him. She consented.
and they would have been united last fall had
| it not been for an unlooked-for obstacle The
daughters objected. 1t is said that they had
no objection to the secretary, but they did
not wish her to marry anybody. They did
not wish her to change her name, the Holts
being noted people in this state. She yielded
! to their opposition and told the secretary she
could not marry him. He returned to WASH
ington much disappointed. The secretarys
present visit to Macon is due to letter he re-
ceived two weeks ago. 1t was from Mrs Holt
and told him that the objections of hes
daugh ters might be removed.
The Gable Pool.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-For several DAYS
there have been rumors that the French